Mr. Kershaw's Dream System

A documentary about the laying of the first transatlantic telephone line.

This is the story of the quiet disappearance of a public service in France: the telephone box. Barely forty years old and already totally "out".

Cultural theorist Stuart Hall offers an extended meditation on representation. Moving beyond the accuracy or inaccuracy of specific representations,...

For more than 50 years, we’ve been unsuccessfully searching for any evidence of intelligent extraterrestrial life. But, the discovery of...

This feature documentary is a profile of Canadian press tycoon Roy Thomson, whose single-minded attention to business brought him riches, power, and...

A student's increasingly intimate line of questioning causes his interview with a local horror host to take a vulnerable turn.

Four children want to invite their friends to a picnic, but they don't know how to use the telephone. Suddenly, the room goes dark and the phone...

A documentary that follows Dr. Penny Patterson's current scientific study of Koko, a gorilla who communicates through American Sign Language.

Promotional film introducing self-service long-distance dialing using a prototype service in Englewood, New Jersey. Demonstrates how direct dial and...

A 1980s educational video that teaches the view how to communicate more effectively in the workplace.